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Somalia: Too many patients, one mental health facility
[IRINNews: 2010-03-09]

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BOSASSO, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia"s autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said. "We have only two rooms; one for males and one for females, with five beds each," Abdulkadir Khalif Ali, the nurse who manages the Bosasso general hospital"s mental health wing. "The demand is rising. . .

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